Harmochirus
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Harmochirus is a genus
Genus
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 of the spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...

 family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

This small genus is very close to Bianor
Bianor
-Greeks and Greek mythology:*Bianor one of the Heraclids*Bianor a Trojan killed by Agamemnon.*Bianor the Greek name for Ocnus or Aocnus, an ancient hero of the town of Mantua, son of Tiberis and Manto*Bianor Roman-era Greek poet....

; it seems to replace it where Bianor itself is missing, especially in rainforest
Rainforest
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 habitats.

Species

  • Harmochirus bianoriformis (Strand
    Embrik Strand
    Embrik Strand was an arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species, including the greenbottle blue tarantula....

    , 1907)
    — Central, East Africa
    East Africa
    East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...

    , Madagascar
    Madagascar
    The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

  • Harmochirus brachiatus (Thorell, 1877)India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    , Bhutan
    Bhutan
    Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...

     to Taiwan
    Taiwan
    Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

    , Indonesia
    Indonesia
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  • Harmochirus duboscqi (Berland
    Lucien Berland
    Lucien Berland was a French entomologist and an arachnologist- Partial list of publications :* 1925 : Faune de France...

     & Millot, 1941)
    — Ivory Coast, Senegal
    Senegal
    Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

  • Harmochirus insulanus (Kishida, 1914)China
    China
    Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

    , Korea
    Korea
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    , Japan
    Japan
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  • Harmochirus lloydi Narayan, 1915 — India
  • Harmochirus luculentus Simon, 1885 — Central, East, Southern Africa
    Southern Africa
    Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN...

    , Zanzibar
    Zanzibar
    Zanzibar ,Persian: زنگبار, from suffix bār: "coast" and Zangi: "bruin" ; is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja , and Pemba...

  • Harmochirus pineus Xiao & Wang, 2005 — China
  • Harmochirus proszynski Zhu & Song, 2001 — China
  • Harmochirus zabkai Logunov, 2001 — India, Nepal
    Nepal
    Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

    , Vietnam
    Vietnam
    Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...


Further reading

(2001): A redefinition of the genera Bianor Peckham & Peckham, 1885 and Harmochirus Simon, 1885, with the establishment of a new genus Sibianor gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 9(4): 221-286.

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